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M. L. JOHNSON.

CARPET FASTENBR.

No. 349,278. Patented Sept. 14, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVIN L. JOHNSON, OF WEST MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOROBERT H. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,278, datedSeptember 14, 1886.

Application filed July 24, 1886. Serial No. 200,004. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MELVIN L. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of est Mansfield, in the county of Logan and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Carpet-Fastener, of which-thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in carpet-fasteners, and isclearly set forth in the annexed drawings and specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my fastener with head or tongue onit'for attaching molding or other ornaments to. Fig. 2 is a perspectivewith the bead or tongue left off.

I 5 A represents the wall of a room; B, the

floor; O, the carpet; D, my fastener; E, staples on which the fasteneris hinged; F, holes in fastener for the staples; G, turned-down edge offastener; H, hook for holding the carpet; I, overlapping rear edge offastener; K,

bead or tongue on top of fastener; L, a groove on lower side of moldingM, that fits on bead K.

.The construction and operation of my device are .as follows:

, My strip or fastener D is made of a piece of galvanized iron, tin,zinc, or other metal, having its rear edge turned over, as shown at I,

to strengthen the same, and also having the front edge turned downtoform a screen for 0 the hooks, and to re-enforce or strengthen the outeredge. On the under surface I have the hooks H soldered or otherwiseattached. In fastening the carpet, I raise the piece D on the hinges orstaples E, and run the hooks H through the binding or carpet, and thenpress 3 5 the fastener D and carpet O flat on the fioor again. The piecevD being hinged against the floor, and being as low as or lower than thehooks H, the stronger the pull upon the carpet the tighter the carpet isheld upon the 0 hooks. This gives a simple, cheap, and neatcarpet-fastener; but should it be desired to make it more ornamental atongue or rabbet, K, is made upon the back of my piece D, and a molding,M, or other ornament having a groove, L, on its under side, is slid ontothe tongue K, making a very neat finish.

My fastener can be made in one piece the whole length of the room; but Iprefer to make it in lengths of about two feet each, so that it can bethe more readily handled.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The carpet-fastener D, having hooks H to hold thecarpet, and hinged at its rear side to the floor at a point as low asorlower than the hooks for holding the carpet, as and for the purposeset forth.

2. lhe carpet-fastener D, hinged to the floor at E, having the hooks Hon its under side and the tongue K on its upper side, on which themolding or ornament M slides, as and for the purpose set forth.

MELVIN L. JOHNSON. \Vitnesses:

R. H. BROWN, E. K. CAMPBELL.

